The Paralympic Games explained [
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :
Routledge ,
c2009
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The history and development of the Paralympic Games
- 2. The olympic movement and the Paralympic Games
- 3. The governance of paralympic sport
- 4. Disability and the body
- 5. The broader social issues of disability within society and their impact on sports participation
- 6. Media, marketing and disability sport
- 7. Major issues within the paralympic movement
- 8. The under representation of women and athletes with high support needs at the Paralympic Games
- 9. International perspectives on paralympic participation
- 10. The Special Olympics, intellectual disability and the Paralympic Games